As none of these skills come naturally to professional musicians, the orchestra is looking for four dogs instead. The successful applicants will join musicians on stage in a performance of Leopold Mozart's Jagdsinfonie on 9 June.

If I was in Pittsburgh I'd beg for a ticket for the live final auditions on 13 May.

19 September 2013

Now this is more like it. After the disappointing start to the ROH season with Turandot comes the best revival yet of David McVicar's 2006 production. The comedy sparkles, the social satire bites, and three and a half hours pass in no time.